Wichita eagle., 1887-08-02
ON THE RAIL,

Yesterday afternoon the Rock Island Rail
road company invited the county commits
sioners and city council to inspect their line
In the county for the purpose of signing the
bonds. As will be remembered the county
bonds to that company are STAG, 900 and city
bonds $4,000.
In response to the invitation the county
commissioners, some of the members of the
CITY council and a number Of invited guests
boarded special train at the Rock Island
passenger train at $3.50 p. m. The party was
composed of J. b. Alley, L. A. Wilson, +.
A. Randall, County Attorney G. W. Jones,
County Auditor Murray Myers, County
Clerk E. p Ford, his honor, J. P. Allen,
Councilmen C. F. Derby, c. c. Kenyon,
City Clerk Fred Schatter, City
engineer o. Mulvey, assistant city
Attorney W. P. Campbell, DR.. c. c. Furley,
N. F. Niederlander, Kos Harris, R. B. Yer
million, A. Harris, DIR. Durand, Mr.. n. 8.
Maddox, resident engineer for the Rock
Island, W. s. Taylor, fuel agent for the COM
pany.
The Herold was represented by Mr.. John
Hoenscheidt, Journal by Mr.. Frank Clark
and the EAGLE man was not far away.
The special was under the charge OF
c. McDougan, with S. E. Moore, brakeman,
E. Hugron, engineer, and d. S. Smith, fire.
man. The special consisted of an engine
and one coach
The commissioners some days ago exam
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four miles north was made, however, to
show the city council the city, as it was gen
orally believed that they would find something
of interest to peep at Reaching the north
ern suburbs the engine was reversed, or IL
military language she came to an "abou1
face" and soon the train was flying over thu
Arkansas bridge and the happy passenger
looking at some Indifferent crane measuring
the muddy river.
Seven miles south of Douglas avenue il
Gladdyn, a town which looks very much
like it had get good start in the world and
was bent on keeping it. The second station
was fifteen miles below the city called Peck
It is near the line between Sumner and
Sedgwick counties. Rerching this town the
''down brakes were applied and the party
left the coach for an elegant spread. Severa
toasts were given and verify all pronounced
it happy occasion.
Remaining there near an hour it was al
aboard" and at 6 o'clock the train reached
the city.
On the line north there is just but one
station in this county which is called Furley
The section around that town boasts OF hav-
ing the finest corn in the state. Mr.. ID. ID
Maddoch, resident engineer, stated that be
came down from st. Joe over the line las,
week and the corn in the section tributary tx
Furley was the best he saw in the state.
The road is made of sixty pound steel
with 5000 oak ties to the mile, costing 81,
600 per mile. 1t took the company twenty
days to build its line through the county
The road is now being built at the rate one
and one-half mile per day ano
will probably reach Wellington
tomorrow. As soon as completed to Cald-
we'll the passenger trains will be supplied
with Pullman cars which will run from
Caldwell to Chicago. The line will be com
pleted and ready for good passenger service
by the first of September. 1t is believed
that the passenger trains could run out of thu
state with an average of thirty-five miles al
hour.
In distance the two routes to Chicago art
about equal The ST. Joe route is few milei
nearer.
The Rock Island company since July, 'S6
have constructed in Kansas and Nebraska
over five hur bred miles of line.